Effect of Relaxation Technique on Exam Anxiety among Nursing Students

Abstract

Introduction: Evaluation of education is done by keeping examination for the students. so the examination is important part in the education . When the students undergo examination , they face lot of challenges ,this makes the students to suffer from anxiety . If the students sit in the exam with anxiety , its make them to put in the difficult situation to recollect the information . Anxiety play a role in changing the performance of the students. This study was aim to reduce the test anxiety by relaxation technique before undergoing test.

Methods: A quasi experimental study design was adopted in this study. A total of 54 students undergoing a Baccalaureate nursing program at the College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University (KKU), Saudi Arabia was selected using convenience sampling. This study was carried out during the academic year of 2023-2024. The data were collected using a questionnaire such as Westside Test Anxiety Scale the five-point Likert scale. The responses obtained were subjected to statistical analysis using SPSS   

Results: Paired t-test results, showed there was a significant change in the study group's test anxiety mean scores before and after the intervention (p=0.000). The mean score of the post-test observed less than the pre-test. This suggests that the test anxiety before to the exam was effectively reduced by the relaxation strategy

Conclusion: Based on the study findings, the results revealed that the relaxation technique was effective in reducing test anxiety. Thus, this technique can be adopted by the students to reduce anxiety before undergoing exam.